1911 Cleveland Naps season
Cleveland, Ohio | |
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Owners | Charles Somers |
Managers | Deacon McGuire, George Stovall |
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The 1911
The Naps played their home games at League Park II.
Regular season
Addie Joss
Season highlights
In his rookie season,
Vean Gregg led the starting pitchers of the team in several categories: he had a total of 23 wins and seven losses; he pitched 244+2⁄3 innings, yet maintained a league-leading 1.80 ERA, while striking out 125 batters.
Young, 44 years old at the time, played part of his final season with the 1911 Cleveland Naps team.
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 101 | 50 | 0.669 | — | 54–20 | 47–30 |
Detroit Tigers | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 13½ | 51–25 | 38–40 |
Cleveland Naps | 80 | 73 | 0.523 | 22 | 46–30 | 34–43 |
Boston Red Sox | 78 | 75 | 0.510 | 24 | 39–37 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 77 | 74 | 0.510 | 24 | 40–37 | 37–37 |
New York Highlanders | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 25½ | 36–40 | 40–36 |
Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 38½ | 39–38 | 25–52 |
St. Louis Browns | 45 | 107 | 0.296 | 56½ | 25–53 | 20–54 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 12–9 | 13–9 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | — | 6–15–2 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 9–11–1 | 17–5 | 13–9 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–11 | 15–6–2 | — | 6–16 | 14–8–1 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 14–8 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10 | 14–8 | 16–6 | — | 7–15 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 14–8 | |||||
New York | 10–12 | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 15–7 | — | 6–15 | 16–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13–9 | 11–9–1 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 15–6 | — | 20–2 | 15–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–12 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 5–16 | 2–20 | — | 9–13 | |||||
Washington | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 13–9 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Managers |
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Gus Fisher | 70 | 203 | 53 | .261 | 0 | 12 |
1B | George Stovall | 126 | 458 | 124 | .271 | 0 | 79 |
2B | Neal Ball | 116 | 412 | 122 | .296 | 3 | 45 |
3B | Terry Turner | 117 | 417 | 105 | .252 | 0 | 28 |
SS | Ivy Olson | 140 | 545 | 142 | .261 | 1 | 50 |
OF | Joe Jackson | 147 | 571 | 233 | .408 | 7 | 83 |
OF | Jack Graney | 146 | 527 | 142 | .269 | 1 | 45 |
OF | Joe Birmingham | 125 | 447 | 136 | .304 | 2 | 51 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Nap Lajoie | 90 | 315 | 115 | .365 | 2 | 60 |
Ted Easterly | 99 | 287 | 93 | .324 | 1 | 37 |
Syd Smith | 58 | 154 | 46 | .299 | 1 | 21 |
Hank Butcher | 38 | 133 | 32 | .241 | 1 | 11 |
Grover Land | 35 | 107 | 15 | .140 | 0 | 10 |
Art Griggs | 27 | 68 | 17 | .250 | 1 | 7 |
Bill Lindsay | 19 | 66 | 16 | .242 | 0 | 5 |
Cotton Knaupp | 13 | 39 | 4 | .103 | 0 | 0 |
Steve O'Neill | 9 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Mills | 13 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Callahan | 6 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Hendryx | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Herman Bronkie | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Bert Adams | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Demott | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Vean Gregg | 34 | 244.2 | 23 | 7 | 1.80 | 125 |
Gene Krapp | 35 | 222.0 | 13 | 9 | 3.41 | 132 |
Willie Mitchell | 30 | 177.1 | 7 | 14 | 3.76 | 78 |
Cy Falkenberg | 15 | 106.2 | 8 | 5 | 3.29 | 46 |
Bill James | 8 | 51.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.88 | 21 |
Cy Young | 7 | 46.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.88 | 20 |
Earl Yingling | 4 | 22.1 | 1 | 0 | 4.33 | 6 |
Ben Demott | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 12.27 | 2 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Fred Blanding | 29 | 176.0 | 7 | 11 | 3.68 | 80 |
George Kahler | 30 | 154.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.27 | 97 |
Hi West | 13 | 64.2 | 3 | 4 | 3.76 | 17 |
Spec Harkness | 12 | 53.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.22 | 25 |
Jim Baskette | 4 | 21.1 | 1 | 2 | 3.38 | 8 |
Josh Swindell | 4 | 17.1 | 0 | 1 | 2.08 | 6 |
Pat Paige | 2 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 6 |
Bugs Reisigl | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 6 |
Awards and honors
League top ten finishers
- MLB leader in ERA (1.80)
- #2 in AL in shutouts (5)
- #4 in AL in wins (23)
- #8 in AL in complete games (22)
- MLB leader in on-base percentage (.468)
- #2 in AL in batting average (.408)
- #2 in AL in slugging percentage (.590)
- #2 in AL in runs scored (126)
- #2 in AL in hits (233)
- #2 in AL in doubles (45)
- #3 in AL in triples (19)
- #4 in AL in home runs (7)
- #6 in AL in stolen bases (41)
- #9 in AL in RBI (83)
- #10 in AL in strikeouts (132)
References
- ^ "Baseball Loses Great Star by Death of Joss". Chicago Examiner. April 15, 1911. p. 17. Retrieved May 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Addie Joss Day: An All-Star Celebration". Society for American Baseball Research.
- ^ "Cleveland Team Threaten Strike". Lansing State Journal. April 17, 1911. p. 9. Retrieved May 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cleveland Team Refuses To Play". Quad-City Times. April 17, 1911. p. 10. Retrieved May 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cleveland Team Wept Unashamed". The Boston Globe. April 18, 1911. p. 5. Retrieved May 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "17 Apr 1911, 3". Portage Daily Democrat. April 17, 1911. Retrieved May 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "22 Apr 1911". Fort Scott Daily Tribune and Fort Scott Daily Monitor. April 22, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved May 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Thorn, John (July 5, 2019). "Cleveland's First All-Star Game". Medium.
- ^ "6 Aug 1911". The St. Louis Star and Times. August 6, 1911. p. 24. Retrieved May 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.